The demands made upon youAre hard to live up to It's futile to try and denyAnd the things you hold dearly Are scoffed at and yearlyJudged once and then left aside

Cause they're blind They hold you too close to the lightAnd I see what they only might if they'd learnBut they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind

To the brown-eyed beholderSee the chip on your shoulderThat fools everyone to believeThat you're so hard to talk toAnd so easy to [read] throughYet nobody looks past your sleeve, yeah

Cause they're blindThey hold you too close to the lightAnd I see what they only might if they learnBut they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind

They only like what they can seeAn' what they can't, they just can't agreeIf you run to me, run, runOnly like the day with herOnly like a date with her Then you'll run back Then you'll run back blind

Cause they're blindThey hold you too close to the lightAnd I see what they only might if they'd learnBut they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind

An old man said to me Go home and take it easy And run to me, run, runOnly like a date with herOnly one more day with herThen I'll run back Then we'll run back blind They hold you too close to the lightAnd I see what they only might if they learn But they're letting us burnCause they're blind